Birds of the sunshine and breeze

Hello

Cooler air temperatures, a north-easterly airflow and still sunny conditions prevailed for most of the day.

An early morning walk at Harrington Airfield provided three Wheatears in bean fields, a singing Lesser Whitethroat and two pairs of Grey Partridge.

Later in the morning a male Marsh Harrier was flying slowly in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and it meandered off towards Maidwell. A singing Sedge Warbler was alongside the Brampton Brook.

Birds at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell and the summit of Blueberry Hill included a Grasshopper Warbler, two Wheatears, four Yellow Wagtails, a Lesser Whitethroat and a calling Cuckoo.

An Osprey was at Hollowell Reservoir late morning where there was also a Jack Snipe and two Common Snipe. Birds at Stanford Reservoir today included a Cuckoo, a Grasshopper Warbler and an Oystercatcher

At Earls Barton Pits today there was a Cuckoo at Quarry Walk, a Little Ringed Plover and a Bar-tailed Godwit on Hardwater Lake and with a Ruff and a Pintail on Summer Leys LNR.

The female Ring-necked Duck and a pair of Mandarin Ducks were at Kinewell Lake, Ringstead Pits this morning and birds at Thrapston Pits included the pair of Garganey still, a Common Sandpiper and two fly-through Curlew. Two Whimbrel were on the north shore of the main barrage lake at Clifford Hill Pits late this morning.

The Glossy Ibis was still on the main lake at Stanwick Pits this morning plus eight Cattle Egrets and four fly-through Arctic Terns.

Regards

Neil M

Male Marsh Harrier.

Swallow.

Lesser Whitethroat.